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Read the latest gaming news, get game downloads, mods, patches, and watch game videos at Game Front.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 06:44:34 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1By: lannhttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17232
lannThu, 29 Nov 2007 09:20:34 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17232damnit!!i've played this game.it's awesome.u all should have onedamnit!!i’ve played this game.it’s awesome.u all should have one
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limiFri, 26 Oct 2007 13:42:32 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17231limi it's cooollimi it’s coool
]]>By: Daohttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17230
DaoSun, 21 Oct 2007 07:45:52 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17230Lol TF2 is extremely fun but I guess its too fast-paced (just like all Team Fortress) for my taste... I enjoyed the 2nd episode and Portal though, and if I get used to TF2 - the box is worth the money...Lol TF2 is extremely fun but I guess its too fast-paced (just like all Team Fortress) for my taste… I enjoyed the 2nd episode and Portal though, and if I get used to TF2 – the box is worth the money…
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DonaldSun, 21 Oct 2007 00:49:38 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17229I think TF2 is a great game. I even rent TF2 dedicated server from <a href="http://nationwidebandwidth.com" rel="nofollow">Nationwide Bandwidth</a> 24 Players max,dual CPU, with pretty much no lag, and very low ping most of the time, I hope to see you play with us!I think TF2 is a great game. I even rent TF2 dedicated server from Nationwide Bandwidth 24 Players max,dual CPU, with pretty much no lag, and very low ping most of the time, I hope to see you play with us!
]]>By: Daohttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17228
DaoSat, 20 Oct 2007 09:51:39 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17228Oh come on guys! You two are being so childish...
To Phil - if the dude wants to speak his mind - let him. Don't chop him down just coz he doesn't think along the same lines as you do. He only did one mistake so far, and that was reacting to your insults. If he liked the damn game, he can tell people to go and buy it. Thats what basically the reviewers do, only without saying it outloud. I agree with you that the comments section isn't a place for advertising Valve's (or any other company's) products, but if we look at it from a different side - he was really just saying that he liked the game...
To Chris (-sy, -spy, whatever u want to be called) - if you said something, be ready to stand by it and defend it. So far you are doing ok. But in the future you should think of refraining from getting into fruitless arguments with those who do not support your point of view. That usually leads to mutual insulting and overall, showering each other with baseless criticism.
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Everybody has a right to speak his/her mind on things. Yet, everyone has stuff that contradicts others' opinions. If we just go on insulting people we will not get them to think our way. Diplomacy and polite discussion is the key.Oh come on guys! You two are being so childish…

To Phil – if the dude wants to speak his mind – let him. Don’t chop him down just coz he doesn’t think along the same lines as you do. He only did one mistake so far, and that was reacting to your insults. If he liked the damn game, he can tell people to go and buy it. Thats what basically the reviewers do, only without saying it outloud. I agree with you that the comments section isn’t a place for advertising Valve’s (or any other company’s) products, but if we look at it from a different side – he was really just saying that he liked the game…

To Chris (-sy, -spy, whatever u want to be called) – if you said something, be ready to stand by it and defend it. So far you are doing ok. But in the future you should think of refraining from getting into fruitless arguments with those who do not support your point of view. That usually leads to mutual insulting and overall, showering each other with baseless criticism.
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Everybody has a right to speak his/her mind on things. Yet, everyone has stuff that contradicts others’ opinions. If we just go on insulting people we will not get them to think our way. Diplomacy and polite discussion is the key.

]]>By: Phil Migrowenhttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17227
Phil MigrowenSat, 20 Oct 2007 09:06:46 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17227"Also, if you wish to tack on a suffix of some sort to my name, I prefer Chrispy."
No, given how you like to put out for Valve, "Chrissy" suits you to a tee.
"Valve must have had a whole lot of plugs, since The Orange Box is getting rave reviews across the Internet. Last I checked on Metacritic, it was the highest rated game on PC and Xbox 360."
Chrissy, you are missing the point. Journalistically speaking, favorably describing or even praising a game in a review is one thing. Advocating that readers must buy a game as you did above crosses over that line into corporate public relations territory. In short, instead of being an objective reviewer, you are a corporate shill. While most reviews for The Orange Box have indeed been glowing (and excessively so from my perspective), I doubt those reviewers are outright or overtly urging readers to buy the game as you did.
"And I'm still confused as to what a plug would be doing up there. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense"
That plug is your words ("I think the bottomline is that if you haven't already, you must go buy this game. Now.") not mine.“Also, if you wish to tack on a suffix of some sort to my name, I prefer Chrispy.”

No, given how you like to put out for Valve, “Chrissy” suits you to a tee.

“Valve must have had a whole lot of plugs, since The Orange Box is getting rave reviews across the Internet. Last I checked on Metacritic, it was the highest rated game on PC and Xbox 360.”

Chrissy, you are missing the point. Journalistically speaking, favorably describing or even praising a game in a review is one thing. Advocating that readers must buy a game as you did above crosses over that line into corporate public relations territory. In short, instead of being an objective reviewer, you are a corporate shill. While most reviews for The Orange Box have indeed been glowing (and excessively so from my perspective), I doubt those reviewers are outright or overtly urging readers to buy the game as you did.

“And I’m still confused as to what a plug would be doing up there. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense”

That plug is your words (“I think the bottomline is that if you haven’t already, you must go buy this game. Now.”) not mine.

]]>By: Phil Migrowenhttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17226
Phil MigrowenSat, 20 Oct 2007 08:53:55 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17226"I don't get this argument. You enjoyed both games, clearly, so what does it matter if they aren't longer? Does stretching games out to X number of hours automatically make it superior to a shorter version?"
Chris, you are clearly an idiot in addition to being Valve's bitch. Saying game length doesn't matter is like saying that a demo version of a game is as good as the longer, full version of the game. If a game is good, players naturally want more of it. And, players deserve more when they are paying as much for games as they are. Valve's episodic gamettes are not worth the $20 and $30 prices Valve is charging for them a la carte given how relatively short they are.“I don’t get this argument. You enjoyed both games, clearly, so what does it matter if they aren’t longer? Does stretching games out to X number of hours automatically make it superior to a shorter version?”

Chris, you are clearly an idiot in addition to being Valve’s . Saying game length doesn’t matter is like saying that a demo version of a game is as good as the longer, full version of the game. If a game is good, players naturally want more of it. And, players deserve more when they are paying as much for games as they are. Valve’s episodic gamettes are not worth the $20 and $30 prices Valve is charging for them a la carte given how relatively short they are.

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ChrisSat, 20 Oct 2007 07:43:03 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17225@Re4LiTY - I don't get this argument. You enjoyed both games, clearly, so what does it matter if they aren't longer? Does stretching games out to X number of hours automatically make it superior to a shorter version?@Re4LiTY – I don’t get this argument. You enjoyed both games, clearly, so what does it matter if they aren’t longer? Does stretching games out to X number of hours automatically make it superior to a shorter version?
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RE4LiTYFri, 19 Oct 2007 19:12:57 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17224I've Beaten Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and I have conquered Portal. Both are exceptional games but what they lack is length.
Anyone looking into purchasing any of these games she be aware of that. That's the only downside to these titles. I guess I can't be greedy though seeing as how they are bundled games and Valve is releasing Half-Life 2 in 3 episodes. Although they really should just make Half-Life 3 and get it over with if they're going to spend 2 years on a whole episode.
After playing it, I was left feeling unsatisfied. Not that the game was bad, just not lengthy enough considering the time I've waited for it's release.
Just my thoughts...I’ve Beaten Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and I have conquered Portal. Both are exceptional games but what they lack is length.

Anyone looking into purchasing any of these games she be aware of that. That’s the only downside to these titles. I guess I can’t be greedy though seeing as how they are bundled games and Valve is releasing Half-Life 2 in 3 episodes. Although they really should just make Half-Life 3 and get it over with if they’re going to spend 2 years on a whole episode.

After playing it, I was left feeling unsatisfied. Not that the game was bad, just not lengthy enough considering the time I’ve waited for it’s release.

Just my thoughts…

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JonathanFri, 19 Oct 2007 16:46:41 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17223@weclock
Not sure if you realize this, but Narbacular Drop was actually made by the same people who made Portal. I saw an interview recently with Gabe Newell and one of Portal's designers, where they explained how he saw Narbacular Drop and then visited them while they were still in school at DigiPen. Then he offered them all jobs on the spot for when they graduated. So they all went to work for Valve developing a game that eventually became Portal.@weclock

Not sure if you realize this, but Narbacular Drop was actually made by the same people who made Portal. I saw an interview recently with Gabe Newell and one of Portal’s designers, where they explained how he saw Narbacular Drop and then visited them while they were still in school at DigiPen. Then he offered them all jobs on the spot for when they graduated. So they all went to work for Valve developing a game that eventually became Portal.

]]>By: Chrishttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17222
ChrisFri, 19 Oct 2007 16:36:25 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17222Valve must have had a whole lot of plugs, since The Orange Box is getting rave reviews across the Internet. Last I checked on Metacritic, it was the highest rated game on PC and Xbox 360.
Also, if you wish to tack on a suffix of some sort to my name, I prefer Chrispy.
And I'm still confused as to what a plug would be doing up there. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, really.Valve must have had a whole lot of plugs, since The Orange Box is getting rave reviews across the Internet. Last I checked on Metacritic, it was the highest rated game on PC and Xbox 360.

Also, if you wish to tack on a suffix of some sort to my name, I prefer Chrispy.

And I’m still confused as to what a plug would be doing up there. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, really.

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weclockThu, 18 Oct 2007 23:18:24 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17221@ Phil,
I didn't read that, you're right. Chris is full of crap on there.@ Phil,
I didn’t read that, you’re right. Chris is full of crap on there.
]]>By: Phil Migrowenhttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17220
Phil MigrowenThu, 18 Oct 2007 22:56:27 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17220"I think the bottomline is that if you haven't already, you must go buy this game. Now."
Way to bend over and expose that you have the hots for Valve, Chrissy! I suppose you just had to return the favor and give Valve that plug, since it already put a big plug in your ass.“I think the bottomline is that if you haven’t already, you must go buy this game. Now.”

Way to bend over and expose that you have the hots for Valve, Chrissy! I suppose you just had to return the favor and give Valve that plug, since it already put a big plug in your ass.

]]>By: weclockhttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17219
weclockThu, 18 Oct 2007 19:26:19 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17219I've played all kinds of portal-esque stuff, including Narbacular drop, so when I finally get my hands on Portal, I will be teh winrarz.I’ve played all kinds of portal-esque stuff, including Narbacular drop, so when I finally get my hands on Portal, I will be teh winrarz.
]]>By: Stevehttp://www.gamefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17218
SteveThu, 18 Oct 2007 18:53:08 +0000http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-round-table-review-the-orange-box/#comment-17218I have to admit, Portal made me nauseated the first day. Then again, that might be stress related as I had just survived a brutal week of exams. It's one of those games that if it clicks with you, you're hooked.
I tell you though, the challenges (bonus maps) in Portal are really reaLLY REALLY difficult. I've now spent more time playing Portal bonus modes than anything else in Orange Box, even Portal's main game. Managing 10 steps or less on Lvl 13 has been the path to insanity. Why am I wasting all this time over some lousy bragging rights? I don't know... somebody stop me. It reminds me of those silly Xbox achievements.I have to admit, Portal made me nauseated the first day. Then again, that might be stress related as I had just survived a brutal week of exams. It’s one of those games that if it clicks with you, you’re hooked.

I tell you though, the challenges (bonus maps) in Portal are really reaLLY REALLY difficult. I’ve now spent more time playing Portal bonus modes than anything else in Orange Box, even Portal’s main game. Managing 10 steps or less on Lvl 13 has been the path to insanity. Why am I wasting all this time over some lousy bragging rights? I don’t know… somebody stop me. It reminds me of those silly Xbox achievements.